India, China Agree to Use Diplomatic, Military Channels to Resolve LAC Issues

India and China agreed to continue using existing diplomatic and military channels to resolve outstanding issues and avoid any misunderstanding or miscalculation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

The understanding was reached during the 36th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC), held in New Delhi on August 6. The Indian side was led by Sujit Ghosh, Joint Secretary (East Asia) in the Ministry of External Affairs, while the Chinese delegation was headed by Hou Yanqi, Director General of the Boundary and Oceanic Affairs Department of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the two sides held frank discussions and reviewed the situation along the LAC. Both underlined that maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas remains essential for the overall development of bilateral relations.

They agreed to keep using established mechanisms, including the WMCC, local commander-level meetings and other agreed channels, to address unresolved issues and prevent miscalculation. As a follow-up to the outcomes of the 24th round of Special Representatives talks, the sides also held detailed exchanges on boundary delimitation, border management, mechanism-building and trans-border cooperation.

The Indian side reiterated the need for an early meeting of the Expert Level Mechanism on trans-border rivers and stressed the importance of sharing technical details on upstream projects.